Re: lPad Internet Connection

Hi John, yes it will help to know what attempts you have tried so far but until then, immediate steps I can think of are below and this assumes the device is a WiFi only iPad and in the same WiFi network as the other devices you indicate do connect with the internet. * Go to Settings>WiFi

Re: MacBook Pro with Wifi signal but no Internet

Hi Daniel, yes indeed it was the Intego thing. As soon as I read this it reminded me of the NetNanny program I used a long time ago. I thought I had done a full uninstal when I decided to no longer use it but still the kernel file remained.  Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@w

Re: MacBook Pro with Wifi signal but no Internet

Hi Ronni, thanks for that one. I had omitted to mention in my list of things that I had tried that I saw an online tip to try this one. So I did already try it and sadly it didn't resolve the issue. It does seem after some of these tests that it pauses momentarily (I am using Safari and select Goog

Re: Something I didn't buy

Yes, I concur with Peter (H)'s advice there. You do not want to fall for the bait of replying to something the slightest bit dodgy looking. My wife who is very disciplined in reviewing daily all credit card transactions on the banking app recently noted 5 transactions in the space of 24 hours. Chro

Re: System migration to new computer

Thanks Alan, you're obviously under some time pressures but I would be keen to hear the outcome of your process that ultimately works for your transition - even if it is in a couple of weeks time. Good luck. Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc:

Re: System migration to new computer

Hi Alan, yes that is possibly a good way to go. A further thinking on this just now you jogged my thoughts. Is to establish a new 'clean' backup file (rename the old one to break the link - not sure if TM is clever enough to detect if the renamed file is in fact still the backup file it will want t

Re: System migration to new computer

Hi Peter and Alan. This is a conundrum I have yet to encounter but I had wondered how I would do it if I ever had to. I have a similar environment where I have an MBP (256GB SSD) and a 2TB external drive holding Photos library, iTunes library and an assortment of other foldered items. My external d

Re: Migration Assistant selective restoration of data

HI again Ronni and others. Last night I had an opportunity to further look into this. As I couldn't boot the HDD from the MBP directly, I removed it and first mounted it to my wife's MBP as the host. I was able to review into teh drive to see if there was any remaining evidence of teh SMC Fan Contr

Re: Migration Assistant selective restoration of data

Ok, thanks Alan, your notes and those from Neil I will explore and tread carefully.  Kind Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Sun, 27 May 2018 21:16:50 +0800 Subject:Re: Migration Assistant selective restoration of data Hi Pete

Re: Migration Assistant selective restoration of data

HI Neil, that sounds like a good idea. I will give that a shot in the interim to give myself comfort to move forward on this. I've not done a TM restore to a blank external drive before, is this easy? How do I do this?   Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMU

Re: GREAT GAME EAGLES!

Thanks for that lot there Neil. I am pretty careful when doing things inside to the extent of paranoia. Double checking connections and generally fastidious attention to the detail of the task I'm doing - nevertheless still being human can mean errors on my part. I will try the 'attempt boot with n

Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions

Noted Alan, and agreed. Regards Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Fri, 18 May 2018 13:48:07 +0800 Subject:Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions Hi Peter I had a Plan B but … My 5 year old Time Capsule had indicators of pending

When Time Capsule no longer functions

HI WAMUG users. I have been following a current thread but Daniel's comment about the Time Capsule demise in that thread on the horizon made me type this one. If I were to buy a spare Time Capsule, would the software be compatible forever even with Apple no longer supporting it? What is Plan B in t

Re: Language settings iOS

Thanks for this Ronnie, this has resolved a long running issue I've had. It hadn't been quite irritating enough for me to resolve but now in reading this I have resolved the issue with my devices. I had the British English AND the United States English both ticked which had for years been leading t

Re: iPhone photo's.

Yes Stephen that is good advice, TM backup and CCC as well in parallel so always able to recover from catastrophes should they arise. It means one has to have stacks of backup memory space and as Photos libraries get bigger and bigger with multiple family members it requires one to think

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

 Great Ronni, thanks for you time in providing this review and comprehensive feedback for James' benefit, but for me and others as well I am sure.   Kind Regards   Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Sat, 06

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

 Thanks Brian, from what I understand the students access via the first method (Servers + Internet). Maybe the higher years they get the second access method ability. Will enquire when I am back from the Pilbara.   Regards   Pete. - Original Messag

Re: Late 2011 MBP

Thanks for this advice Robin, he has a 1TB drive which he uses externally attached and I am encouraging James to keep non essential data on the external drive (all of which is backed up of course) to TM. Using this configuration, I am confident he can comfortably operate with a 250GB SSD

Re: Late 2011 MBP

  Thanks for this advice Robin, he has a 1TB drive which he uses externally attached and I am encouraging James to keep non essential data on the external drive (all of which is backed up of course) to TM. Using this configuration, I am confident he can comfortably operate with a 250GB SSD

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

Thanks Robin, that is quite plausible what you've suggested there. I sent an update email in yesterday to WAMUG indicating the Proxy settings on his laptop were corrected and this in turn resolved the problem for James, so there is no problem now in that context as was originally raised i

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

 Ok, thanks Ronni, will pass on this information to James.   Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:14:07 +0800 Subject:Re: Macbook Pro Certificates Hi again Peter, I just noticed your mentioned that on Jame

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

Hi Brian, thanks for that bit of advice. I get the same feeling after James came home from school (a private school so in-house IT) and said "the guy just said you need an update - just go to the app store" seemingly just fobbing him off saying "it's your problem" - this all despite James

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

 Thanks Ronnie and Brian for your respective feedback. I agree that the school IT has something to respond to here. Will ask James if there are any others experiencing this and what OSX they're running.   Regards   Peter. - Original Message - F

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

Ok, I can confirm there was no email opened at all - James does not attend to his emails - so I am sure this malware (Dokument.zip) is not the source of his problem. He also indicates there was no email and no zip folder he has accessed and he is still unaware of an email if indeed it is

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

 Thanks for this Pat. Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 29 Apr 2017 10:33:37 +0800 Subject:Re: Macbook Pro Certificates There is a report in today’s online news about a new malware targeting Macs calle OSX/Dok. The fi

Macbook Pro Certificates

My son's (James) MacBook Pro (~2011) has been updated to Sierra 10.12.4 since he went on school holidays. He went back to school this week and was unable to gain access into the school IT environment using the school wifi. He had previously had no problem at last time in school when runni

Photos - Import and delete

Hi, I have noticed a small thing with importing photos to my Photos library on my MBP from my connected iPhone 6. On my family's MBP's - they're presented with the option to tick the "Delete when Imported from iPhone". I don't get this tick box showing. I am running the previous to curren

Re: Optical drive problem

 Hi John, an external DVD drive is not that much $ when compared to the Mac Mini purchase (starting at around $20) or up to high end Apple DVD drive nearer $130. I know it is a pain to have another device to have to sit alongside but not a complete show stopper to upgrade. Something to co

Re: How do I

 Does this help?   https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7405259?start=0&tstart=0 [1]   Pete - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG List" Cc: Sent:Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:46:21 +0800 Subject:How do I move an item from one library

Re: SLOWWW Time Machine

 Ok, Blitto, I should think that when the back up successfully concludes it will refresh the TM panel to show the date of latest backup. I don't think the "Last Backup" info is dynamic during a backup on the main TM panel.   Regards   Pete. - Origi

Re: SLOWWW Time Machine

You raise a good question Blitto, in my experience it is imperative that Time Machine is left to it's own devices to conclude its processes in it's own time when doing back ups. If you've deleted a non related Back up file for the purposes of freeing up space for the in-progress backup to

Family Sharing

Good morning, do any of you with numerous family members (and the plethora of iOS and OSX devices necessarily present) utilise the Family Sharing feature for cross sharing of Photos, music, app purchases, etc? I still have our entire family and attendant 13 devices on ONE Apple ID and I a

Re: iPhone SIM for Europe?

Hi Blitto, in my experience (to the USA and also UK) taking a prepaid SIM can be done but call/data costs are high compared to getting a local provided SIM when you get there.   Regards   Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"

Re: All Contacts lost

I have come to use Photos without any issues. It is reliant upon awareness of the migration process when upgrading from iPhoto to Photos as if you get that wrong you can create a headache to rectify.   Still, I had no issues with iPhoto so was not really aware of why su

Re: All Contacts lost

I have come to use Photos without any issues. It is reliant upon awareness of the migration process when upgrading from iPhoto to Photos as if you get that wrong you can create a headache to rectify.   Still, I had no issues with iPhoto so was not really aware of why su

Re: Test - Is WAMUG mail Server down again?

Received Ronni. Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:20:58 +0800 Subject:Test - Is WAMUG mail Server down again? Just testing if the WAMUG Mail server is down again? Sent from Ronni's iPad4

Re: Migrating a Slo-Mo from one MacBook to another MacBook

Sorry for the duplication of this email, I sent a second time thinking I had not sent it but the Mail fault appears to now be over and it's purging all the stuff.   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG" Cc:

Migrating a Slo-Mo from one Photos Library to another.

Hi, I took a slo-mo video using my wifes iPhone and imported it to 'her' MacBook Photos library. All going fine. Then I wanted to get that Slo-mo video into 'my' Photos library on 'my' Macbook. This was along with aound 300 other photos and regular video files. The process I used was to, Photos

Re: Test

test received.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG List" Cc: Sent:Mon, 30 May 2016 19:53:57 +0800 Subject:Test Test Sent from Sev & Jenny's iPhone -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe - -- The WA Mac

Re: NBN providers

  Thanks for that Ronni, it would be frustrating to find out they "loose" your phone number and that is enough to put people off it. It should be military precision as this is their core business managing peoples affairs like this!   The jury is getting closer to a decis

Re: NBN providers

Yes, it is certainly a viable option - to do nothing. "ADSL1 Plus" is good enough for online streaming through Apple TV or Youtube so the only real benefit to go NBN is if downloading large files quickly is important to you.   Jury still out on this.  

Re: NBN providers

Thanks for that Susan, will review and consider. I am wary of quoted speeds when they say "up to 25Mbps" and the "up to" bit I see as an 'out' for them when you don't actually experience the quoted speed. So you have to up the ante and go to a faster plan. So the bargain priced service yo

Re: NBN providers

 Thanks for that Gordon, I knew there had to be some satisfied Wetnet NBN subscribers out there. Will investigate their plans a little further now.   Regards   Pete. - Original Message - From: "Gordon Wragg" To: Cc: Sent:Fri, 13 May 2016 22:51

Re: Attaching JPG to an email as an icon not an inserted image

Thanks for that Peter and others responding on this one. A useful tip you've provided there. I will give it a shot tonight.   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:34:14 +0800 Subject:Re

Re: Phone "Recents" list synching between phones

  Ronni et al interested people, I have pasted in below (the dotted line) something from a user on the Apple Discussion thread. See the line of text in BOLD below. I think I may have switched iCloud Drive on either deliberately or inadvertently when I was setting up the remote printing opt

Re: Phone "Recents" list synching between phones

Go the Pies! Thanks Ronni will give that a try shortly. I am in sunny Port Hedland 45C today!! Will endeavour to liaise with other half to test this out.   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Sat, 26 Mar

Re: Phone "Recents" list synching between phones

Hi Ronni, see in my original posting I indicated I have already tried that on both of our phones and it has not solved my issue. Others in online reviews have also indicated that action as not being a solution for this problem.   Regards   Pete. -

Re: Phone "Recents" list synching between phones

Thanks Stephen, yes I am aware of that issue and the solution as you rightly point out does resolve that issue. Sadly the phone call recent list synchronising is not resolved by that solution.   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug

Phone "Recents" list synching between phones

About a week or ten days ago, I recognised that my recent phone call listing was replicating to my wife's phone and hers to mine too. We each know so it's not like the security or privacy is the concern. However when she misses a call intended for her, it shows as a missed call to me as w

Re: Cloud Printing from iOS devices

Thanks Ronni, it would seem that in the absence of a 6S or 6S Plus (I have an inherited 5S)  there is no way to make a PDF of an email _on an iOS device_. I've looked at the features of 3 or 4 of the App Store PDF creators and not one of them explicitly states the ability to make a PDF of

Re: Contacts

This may help.   https://discussions.applecom/thread/6007355?tstart=0 [1]   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:19:29 +0800 Subject:Contacts Hel

Re: Relinking music wrongly mapped in iTunes

Thanks Ronni and Neil. I had a look at Doug's site full of script files. It's a great site for those with iTunes libraries and folders needing some attention. I might even buy the duplicate remover, I am sure I have many GB of duplication even though I have stacks of capacity on the drive

Re: Relinking music wrongly mapped in iTunes

Hi Peter, yes I was aware of the file eligibility requirement by iTunes. Simply placing an appropriate file type there via back-end means does not imply it becomes linked automatically. But I am puzzled the folder ("Fleetwood Mac-1") in my example below is an iTunes renamed folder arising

Re: iMac & mavericks: start up disk problems

Hi Gary, a check of the "Last Modified" date of the backup sparsebundle file on the TM disc for the suspect machine would be worth looking at. Using another OSX machine to view would be needed under the circumstances you're in I'd suggest.   Regards   P

Re: Internet over power

Thanks for this Ronni. I had a quick glance at the content in the links there. Whilst I am away at the moment and at the same time in the complete absence of knowing this ATV4 option existed, the mood in my house is that PS4 is the preferred option (over XBOX). I am a complete n

Re: Internet over power

Thanks Tim for your replies. That app is a good one to know. When I am back home I will give it a try. The configuration in our house does not make it easier to place the extender further from the base and hence closer to the theatre. I considered this when setting it up for the first tim

Re: Mail - El Capitan

Yes! And a 6S Plus as well. so you're fully connected!  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:01:16 +0800 Subject:Re: Mail - El Capitan Hey Severin, Don't hesitate - Make that call to T4 and get them to rush up a new iPad to you on 'the hill'

Re: iPhone charging

Thanks Ronni.   Regards   Peter.  - Original Message - From: wa...@wamugorg.au To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:12:29 +0800 Subject:Re: iPhone charging Hi Peter, Your son can recalibrate his iPhone. IPHONE BATTERY CALIBRATION

Re: iPhone charging

Thanks Gary, I will get my son to get the app and track what is going on.   Regards   Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:35:36 +0800 Subject:Re: iPhone charging The app battery doctor may help

Re: iPhone charging

 Hi, thanks for that Ronni. Yes I figured that it operated somewhat like that. I will get it calibrated as well to ensure the battery condition is consistent with indicated percentage.   Regards   Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.or

iPhone charging

My son's iPhone 4S which was a hand-me-down of unknown vintage though obviously many years old was having very short battery life notwithstanding his usage pattern. I arranged and fitted a replacement battery and the replacement battery has a longer life and probably adequate but has a pa

Re: Shared Photo Album to members with same Apple ID

Yes, agreed Neil. Whilst I have two iOS devices myself, my other family members (using 'my' Apple ID) all have at least one and some two also iOS devices. So maybe the way it is currently should remain. Clearly Apple will have considered this in their deployment to arrive at the way it is

Re: Shared Photo Album to members with same Apple ID

Ok thanks Ronni, so it seems a dead end for now. Hopefully Apple will in future iOS updates build in the "device name" identity for comments in Shared albums for multiple invitees with the same Apple ID.    Regards   Pete. - Original Message -

Re: Shared Photo Album to members with same Apple ID

Thanks Tim, that's what I thought too, but if Find my iPhone is smart enough to figure out which device is which (within the one Apple ID) then surely it can distinguish which device wrote the comment (from within the one Apple ID) too.   Regards   Pete

Re: New iPhone 6s with my Car Bluetooth ?

Ok, that is frustrating to be sure. I would try as per the link here as a tip. I would also try the following if it were me. Select the Bluetooth pairing for the car on the phone as it is and "Forget this device" and remove the previous pairing of the 6S phone within the car. Do

Re: Shared Photo Album to members with same Apple ID

Hi Ronni, That is exactly how it works for me (as you've explained below) except for one thing. When my wife makes her comment (She signs it off Jo so we can all tell it's her) however, even her comment still says from "You" when I read it on my iPhone and there is no distinctio

Re: New iPhone 6s with my Car Bluetooth ?

What car is it Stephen, Model and Year and what Media options do you have in the car? I presume you've read the car manual about "auto Bluetooth phone connection" or similar? Typically provided the pairing is done on your phone, it would auto connect on future occasions, even if you hadn'

Re: Shared Photo Album to members with same Apple ID

Notifications is already is set to on. She is able to lodge comments, Like etc. When she lodges a comment and I lodge a comment, there is no distinction to me of who lodged the comment even though we're not the same invitee.   Regards   Pete. - Ori

Re: Apple TV Remote

HI Laura, a couple of things that might be worth trying. Did you google "pairing Apple tv remote". See clip at the link below. That will run you through the repairing process. Perhaps that will help. Another suggestion as an interim measure is to download the app "Remote" from the iTunes store and

Re: iPad AppStore disappeared

That's an odd one Gary. You've done a shutdown and restart presumably.  Do you have a recent back up - perhaps Restore from Backup will put it back in place.  Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"Wamug" Cc: Sent:Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:08:08 +0800 Subject:iPad AppStore dis

Re: iOS9 downloads

Thanks Ronni, understood it is a different subject. No rush. Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: Cc: Sent:Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:08:36 +0800 Subject:Re: iOS9 downloads Hi Peter, I'll reply in another email with a suitable Subject to your questions regarding updating num

Re: iOS9 downloads

Thanks Ronni for clarifying that. Makes sense. Generally I make sure i do a Backup of my iOS devices to iTunes prior to an iOS minor update (within version release) and Transfer Purchases made since last Backup. Once that's done I unplug and then update OTA. Been trouble free for many updates so fa

Re: iOS9 downloads

Yes, I have noted the same phenomenon and have wondered why. Now, I wait for Ronni's "all clear" before doing the download and always use the WiFI option. There is no apparent downside to doing it this way - always.  Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG List" Cc:

Re: How to convert a POP email account to IMAP

No problem, at least you got there in the end. Enjoy your new IMAP config. Regards Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"List WAMUG Mailing" Cc: Sent:Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:15:01 +0800 Subject:Re: How to convert a POP email account to IMAP Hello Peter and Neil, Thank yo

Re: How to convert a POP email account to IMAP

G'day Neil and Michael, I was momentarily puzzled when establishing the IMAP accounts on my IOS devices. The option to choose IMAP or POP does not present until you go to enter the Outgoing server details. if you scroll to the top of that screen, at the top are the push buttons for IMAP OR POP. The

Re: How to convert a POP email account to IMAP

Hi Rob, thanks for the suggestion. The process in Mail to go from POP to IMAP requires establishment of a new account, you;re unable to just change the server address as the Account Type (POP) is superior to that. Unfortunately I am unable to get past the first dialogue where entry of the account d

Re: Verification

I'm going off my poor memory from this morning now Ronni, it looked like the usual little box which pops up when you enter your AppleID for buying an App. It may have said iTunes but I can't recall now. Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"wamug@wamug.org.au" Cc

Re: Verification

That's funny, I had the same thing this morning too but put it down to my tinkering with my bonjour service last night to finally get my printer up and running. Maybe this was an Apple thing non related to my bonjour thing. Anyone else have the same today? iOS 9 out tonight/tomorrow and maybe this

Re: Epson printer network visibility

 Thanks Ronni, see comments alongside below. You're sure you have the latest Printer drivers installed? I figured when I did the online installation and registration the driver update would have occured. I suppose it's possible that didn't happen so will ensure tonight.Epson WF-4630 Series. Is the

Re: Advice please

Telstra do a pocket sized 4G device which can accommodate up to 10 devices I think they said. Have a look at the Telstra web site and look at  this URL. http://www.dicksmith.com.au/networking-wireless/telstra-prepaid-4g-wifi-mf910-dsau-eb5042?CAWELAID=12014697216647&catargetid=1201469722354

External drive included in Time Machine Backup

Good morning, I use an external drive to hold my iTunes and Photos library. I have explicitly selected in 'Options' to include the external drive in the hourly backup process with Time Machine so the backup file first time around was quite large (~650GB) and took a long while.  I dont actually have

External drive backup restore

Good evening, I use an external drive to hold my iTunes and Photos library. I have explicitly selected in Time Machine 'Options' to include the external drive in the hourly backup process with Time Machine so the backup file first time around was quite large (~650GB) and took a long while.  I dont

Re: Photos start up time

Good evening, I ran the Repair process (Hold Command + Option while starting Photos) and it seems to have halved the start up time. Before the Repair, start up time was 25.00 seconds.After the Repair operation, Photos now takes 12 seconds to open up ready for use. I'm happy with that but others may

Re: Photos start up time

Yes, it was my suspicion that it was the library size that results in the slower opening time. My library is over 250GB (37,000+ photos and 1300+ videos). I'm sure there are others out there with same or larger I will do the Command+Option operation this eve and report findings. Will do a before an

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Hi Ronni, yes, my responses are following the running of the test's on my wife's MBP.   The version of iPhotos is V 9.6.1. Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"wamug@wamug.org.au" Cc: Sent:Mon, 04 May 2015 17:16:27 +0800 Subject:Re: iPhoto to Photos migration H

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Thanks Peter, yes have tried that and unfortunately no good. Back at the start of the thread i outlined these things. My iPhoto library is in a transitional state that did not complete which has left both the iPhoto library and the Photos library inaccessible.  Regards Pete. - Original Messag

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Ok, noted Ronni, thanks I will get her to do this and revert probably later today. Thanks again Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"wamug@wamug.org.au" Cc: Sent:Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:22:53 +0800 Subject:Re: iPhoto to Photos migration Hi Peter, My comments in situ O

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Hi Ronni, yes it has, dare I say too, been a stuff up! :)  Please finish your more urgent work before responding to my woes. I am aware that I am creating a new iPhoto Library but I am doing this with cognisance that I am working in a completely separate place (with copies only) of the library fil

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Thanks Ronni. I think I've cracked it.  I opened iPhoto with Option held and selected "Create New". I set a new location for the new database library file. Once that was set up, I then selected Import and pointed to the "transitioning" iPhoto Library that I've been unable to open up in the conventi

Re: iPhoto to Photos migration

Hi Ronni, yes I feel a real goose for the steps I took (in hindsight).  As I work away (and am away from home for a further 2 odd weeks), I placed a copy of both (iPhoto and Photos) library files onto my 2TB external drive and using my Retina MBP to try and unpick this mess remotely from my Wifes M

iPhoto to Photos migration

Last week I updated my wife's 2012 MBP to latest OSX which brought the new Photos application. I had done my own 2014 Retina MBP previously without issue and have all my images carried over into Photos without a hitch. The issue with my Wife's machine is I did the update and am unable to see the im

Re: Walt Mossberg on the Return of the Mac

For what it's worth I have a 4S and am running iOS 8.1 - nothing's different for me. Seems the same as what it was prior to the shift to 8.X  I am still happy and enduring an Android Note 2 in parallel through no choice of my own - out of work necessity. Thanks. Pete... - Original Message

Re: Yosemite - Time Machine backup

Ok, thanks for that Ronni. Yes I feel too that I have a disproportionate number of issues and likely to be caused by me. My Dad also indicated a doubling in size of his Saprsebundle (700GB to ~1.4TB) following the first backup following his Yosemite upgrade. I had my external drive attached as I al

Yosemite - Time Machine backup

Hi, across the weekend I did the Yosemite upgrade and it all went seamlessly onto my 2014 MBP 13" Retina. As some may recall, I have previously had a couple of issues with Time Machine backups during non-related activities. Prior to doing the upgrade to Yosemite, I forced a backup with the TC which

Re: iPhone6 & OSX 8.02 software upgrade

Hi Ronni, yes it was out of convenience on the train that I responded to this thread and not easy access to the other thread on smartphone - however my feedback was relevant in the context of where this thread was heading so saw benefit to others enquiring about iOS 8.0.2 upgrade. I will do the ste

Re: Synch over WiFi to iTunes

Thanks Ronni, I will try this out tonight. Regards Pete...  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:53:01 +0800 Subject:Re: Synch over WiFi to iTunes Hi Peter, I would suggest you do the update iOS 8.0.2. Backup your devices first though.

Synch over WiFi to iTunes

A while back I had an issue where neither my iPhone nor my iPad would be recognised by iTunes wirelessly for synching where previously this had been set up very simply. It was a fair while back but I think I corrected it by doing a Restore. I did the update to iOS 8.0 a couple of weeks back just be

Re: Ethernet to Thunderbolt adaptor

Hi Peter, I tried again with the adaptor. When looking in the "About this Mac" > More Info panel > Thuderbolt, the two ports are noted and one of them shows the adaptor connected. So it has recognised it. Then when I look at Network Preferences panel there are two Thunderbolt entries in the left pa

Re: Enormous Time Machine backup

Aha, we shall stay tuned Ronni.  Don't stress Ronni it's not urgent Regards Pete. - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"wamug@wamug.org.au" Cc: Sent:Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:21:32 +0800 Subject:Re: Enormous Time Machine backup Hi Neil, You are correct. The  Time Capsule - Time M

Re: Ethernet to Thunderbolt adaptor

Thanks Ronni, just saw this now, ignore my previous request for info on renewing lease. Regards Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"wamug@wamug.org.au" Cc: Sent:Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:21:53 +0800 Subject:Re: Ethernet to Thunderbolt adaptor In System Preferences > Netwo

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